Deez Nuts likes dis country

Brady Olson, a 15-year-old Iowa boy, filed paperwork to run for president under the name “Deez Nuts.” When a national pollster included Deez Nuts in some polls, he earned 9-per-cent support from respondents in North Carolina and became an online sensation. Last month, Olson outlined the serious goal of his satirical candidacy: making the U.S. more like Canada.

“Hopefully pave the way for, like, more than just a two-party system,” he told Iowa’s KTIV. “’Cause Canada — they had a debate for their prime minister elections, and they used a four-party debate.”

MARK BLINCHMARK BLINCH/AFP/GETTY IMAGES From left, federal leaders Justin Trudeau, Elizabeth May, Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper at an August event.